'Leading Ladies' proves a challenge on CHS small stage

Left to right: Cody Tapia as Jack/Stephanie, Meghan Heritage as Aunt Florence and Clayton Beard as Leo/Maxine, rehearse a scene from the Cheney High School Drama Club's production of "Leading Ladies," which ends its run this Saturday.

The storyline for the Cheney High School Drama Club's production of "Leading Ladies" is pretty simple: Two hard-luck Shakespearean actors try to claim a portion of an older ailing woman's fortune by posing as two long-lost nephews - only to learn the nephews are actually nieces.

If that sounds a bit confusing and complicated, it might not be nearly so much as the club's first drama produced away from the large stage in the Fisher Building auditorium and on the much smaller stage at the high school's Little Theatre.

"This definitely wasn't a stage built for a huge production, but we made it...